The frustrations of near-future speculative fiction writing
As the only other near future speculative writer I know, I just had to reblog Chris James’ post about replicators and their links backwards [to Star Trek] and forwards [to 3D printing] in time.
Near future speculative fiction writers [sticks hand up] extrapolate from the /now/ to the future. Sometimes we get it wrong…but the times we get it right, it’s worth celebrating!
Go Chris.
I’m generally loathe to discuss my writing on this blog, unless I have a new title to publicise. The reason for this is that I really want my books to do the talking for me. However, every once in a while something happens that makes me want to shout: “See? That’s what I said would happen!” So, this week I deliver a thoroughly wordy and nerdy post for you, for a change.
On Tuesday, The Guardianpublished a story on how 3-D printing has, for the first time, produced edible food (well, just about). In the Repulse Chronicles, set in the 2060s, there are devices called replicators, which I intended to be the next step on from 3-D printing. There are construction replicators, marine replicators (read the books if you want to know ;)) and replicators that produce water and food. However, there are snags and the food…
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